Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The United States should lift relevant sanctions as soon as possible. Antony Blinken said that China and the United States should jointly prevent fentanyl from entering the United States | fentanyl | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On July 14th, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked a question. American officials said that the two sides spent a lot of time discussing the issue of fentanyl during the meeting. Antony Blinken stressed the importance of joint efforts by both sides to prevent the flow of synthetic drugs, especially fentanyl and its precursors, into the United States, and discussed in depth the establishment of an illegal drugs working group. What is the spokesperson's comment on this?
Wang Wenbin introduced that during the meeting, China and the United States communicated on the issue of fentanyl, and China expressed its principled position and concerns. Director Wang Yi pointed out that China is the country with the most resolute anti drug attitude and the most thorough policy in the world, and also one of the countries with the best records. In order to cater to the concerns of the United States and take into account the overall situation of China US relations, China made a decision a few years ago to classify and manage fentanyl. So far, no second country has achieved the same level as China, and the domestic efforts of the United States to classify and manage fentanyl have also been greatly hindered. However, the United States not only did not fully recognize China's efforts, but also smeared, slandered, and blamed China on the fentanyl issue, and arrested Chinese citizens through fishing law enforcement, which is completely non constructive.
Wang Wenbin stated that the United States should resolve the issue with an attitude of equality, respect, and cooperation, and promptly lift the sanctions on Chinese institutions engaged in drug control work to remove obstacles for dialogue and cooperation between the two sides.